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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, the days of legacy admission are fully over. My DD was denied yesterday, despite both parents and one grandparent graduating undergrad. One parent also got an MBA there, one grandparent got their JD there and one grandparent taught there for 15 years. What's that, 6 hooks? Stats weren't perfect (obviously), but were on par for a gimme admission. She wasn't going to go even if she got in but I have to admit to being shocked.[/quote] This. My kid is a legacy + more than two decades as a professor. [/quote] Well I guess there were kids more qualified---better scores, grades, ECs and essays. Maybe the tide is changing and GU is backing off its really ridiculous stance on legacy where any distant connection--a grad or law or whatever was considered enough to propel someone over a candidate that had no hooks.[/quote] I don't know about that...just found out a student was admitted RD and pretty sure the student is not an academic star in any way. Only thing that could explain it is the family somehow seems to use their connections to get into country clubs, schools, etc... (don't think they are even legacies?) despite the family being notorious for atrociously bad behavior. [/quote]
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